PHOENIX, Ariz. (Oct. 28, 2016): Ability360 Sports & Fitness Center will play host to nation’s the top 16 wheelchair rugby teams at the 2017 United States Quad Rugby Association (USQRA) National Championship Tournament, April 20-22, 2017.
The tournament is presented by Vantage Mobility International (VMI), one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of wheelchair accessible vehicles. Ability360 Sports & Fitness Center is located at 5031 E. Washington Street in Phoenix, Arizona.
Tournament teams will be seeded in two divisions following regional and sectional tournaments in February and March across the country involving 45 teams in eight divisions. At the national tournament, teams will compete in preliminary round robin formats with national champions to be determined through single elimination contests in the final round.
The defending 2016 Division I national champions are the Texas Stampede from Cedar Park, Texas while the Brooks Bandits from Atlantic Beach, Florida are the defending Division II champions.
For more information about the United States Quad Rugby Association, visit www.usqra.org. For more information about Ability360 Sports & Fitness Center, visit www.ability360.org.
